The Quiet Room ( La Stanza di Cloe )

The Quiet Room (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: La Stanza di Cloe
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
87 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Featurette
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1996 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )
France ( France, Benelux )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Rolf de Heer

Written By:
Rolf de Heer

Actors:
Celine O'Leary ..... Mother
Paul Blackwell ..... Father
Chloe Ferguson ..... Girl Age 7
Phoebe Ferguson ..... Girl Age 3
Kate Greetham ..... Kate, the Babysitter
Todd Telford ..... Workman
Peter Ferris ..... Carpet Cleaner
Peter Green ..... Carpet Cleaner

Synopsis:

Dutch-Australian director Rolf de Heer's second film is a vision of a quickly dissolving marriage as seen through the eyes of a seven-year-old child. Chloe Ferguson (de Heer's real-life daughter) stars as a nameless little girl who withdraws completely into herself and refuses to speak as the level of animosity between her mother (Celine O'Leary) and father (Paul Blackwell) moves them inexorably closer to divorce. The girl's voice is heard, however, as narration, in which she describes her increasing alienation from the squabbling adults who are becoming more self absorbed, and more childish, than their child. Her only refuge is her blue-walled room, a fantasy land of goldfish and Barbie dolls that don't bicker, where she can remember happier days when she as three, or dream of a pet dog and a house in the country. The theme of an immature soul trapped by family within the confines of a home thematically mirrored de Heer's more controversial previous film Bad Boy Bubby (1993), which did not find North American distribution.

The Quiet Room centers on an unnamed little girl and how she deals with her parents crumbling marriage. The film focuses entirely on her point of view and although she is silent for most of the film, we constantly hear her thoughts, sometimes in a stream of conscious barrage of voice-over. The little girl has chosen to become mute as a way to protest her parents' constant fighting. Her parents, more concerned with their own issues, believe their daughter is just going through a phase. The film shows how even very young children can be extremely cognizant of problems that are going on in their own homes even when their parents try hard to shield them from everything.

A seven-year-old girl adopts a vow of silence in protest when her quarrelsome parents grow increasingly hostile to one another.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 30 December, 2006.

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